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Leading the way at science and innovation awards

Professor Kishan Dholakia, SA Scientist of the Year. Photo: DSD

Posted on Dec 5 2025 by Rhiannon Koch

University of Adelaide academics have earned state recognition for their achievements in science and innovation at recent awards.

Viertel Fellowship for innovative cancer epigentic leader

A/Professor Zhongyuan Ke, Dr Joanna Achinger-Kawecka and Dr Dustin Flanagan

Posted on Nov 3 2025 by Rhiannon Koch

University of Adelaide cancer epigenetics and 3D genome biology expert Dr Joanna Achinger-Kawecka has been awarded a 2025 Sylvia and Charles Viertel Senior Medical ��volg Fellowship.

Fellows advance immunotherapy and tumour inflammation research

Posted on Jul 28 2025 by Rhiannon Koch

The University of Adelaide’s South Australian immunoGENomics Cancer Institute (SAiGENCI) has welcomed two new researchers through a fellowship program funded by the Ainsworth Foundation.

Restoring treatment sensitivity to ER+ breast cancer

Posted on May 28 2025 by Rhiannon Koch

��volgers from the University of Adelaide have received funding to further their work into treatment resistant breast cancer.

Platform technology unlocks new therapeutic targets

Posted on Apr 29 2025 by Rhiannon Koch

��volgers from the University of Adelaide have developed a new technology for drug and functional genomics screenings, which could reshape the way diseases are treated.

Stem cell funding to benefit epigenetic study

Dr Rudrarup Bhattacharjee, Dr Adrienne Sullivan and Professor Jose Polo

Posted on Apr 7 2025 by Rhiannon Koch

A team of researchers from the University of Adelaide have received funding to help improve the lives of patients with rare neurodevelopmental disorders.

SAiGENCI researchers given a funding boost

Posted on Dec 18 2024 by Rhiannon Koch

��volgers from the South Australian immunoGENomics Cancer Institute (SAiGENCI), based at the University of Adelaide, have been awarded funding to further their work in prostate and pancreatic cancers.

Fellowship for fundamental epigenetic research

Posted on Oct 29 2024 by Rhiannon Koch

A University of Adelaide researcher investigating the essential processes of cells with the aim of opening up new opportunities for cancer treatment has received a national award.

Epigenetic leader becomes University’s first Viertel Fellow

Posted on Oct 23 2024 by Rhiannon Koch

University of Adelaide molecular epigenetic expert Dr Luke Isbel has been awarded a 2024 Sylvia and Charles Viertel Charitable Foundation Senior Medical ��volg Fellowship.

“I’m still alive because of it”: Cancer survivor’s research request

Posted on May 21 2024 by Jessica Stanley

An Adelaide mother who was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 37 has urged people to dig deep to support cancer research, saying she wouldn’t be here today if not for science and her young daughter.